Bacterial, viral, parasitic or fungal infections are all types of infectious diseases that can make child sickare known as pediatric infectious diseases. These illnesses need to be treated by specialists who arecommitted to preventing and treating acute and chronic infectious diseases including HIV and AIDS.Comprehensive in scope, yet concise and easy to manage, this book is go-to resource on infectiousdiseases in children and adolescents. It features a consistent, easy-access format with an abundance ofdetailed illustrations and tables. It includes coverage of the latest vaccine products, recommendations,and effectiveness as well as expanded diagnostics and therapies for autoinflammatory or periodic feversyndromes. It discusses expanding antimicrobial resistance patterns and new therapies for viral andfungal infections and resistant bacterial infections. This book is presented in a user-friendly mode,aiming to meet the needs of not only the students and teachers but also professionals of this field. Itconsists of contributions made by international experts. This book will prove a valuable reference forscientists, practitioners, specialists, consultants and students.